Name 

Type 

Required 

Description 

xmlns 

String 

Yes 

Required value: http://www.sun.com/schema/SPS 

xmlns:xsi 

String 

Yes 

Required value: 

http://www.w3.org/ 2001/XML 

Schema-instance 

xsi:schemaLocation 

String 

No 

Recommended value: 

http://www.sun.com/schema/SPS 

plan.xsd 

name 

entityName 

Yes 

The name of the plan 

path 

pathName 

No 

The absolute path of the execution plan. If unspecified, the root path “/” is used by default. 

description 

String 

No 

The description of the plan 

version 

schemaVersion 

Yes 

The version of the plan schema being used. The only value currently permitted is 4.0.